| 2001 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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| Dates | March 8–17, 2001 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Champions | Boston College (5th title) | ||
| Winning coach | Jerry York[1] (3rd title) | ||
| MVP | Chuck Kobasew (Boston College) | ||
| Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2001 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2001. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference Standings[]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #1 Boston College†* | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 103 | 57 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 175 | 98 | |
| #7 Maine | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 70 | 62 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 116 | 95 | |
| #11 Providence | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 76 | 71 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 131 | 108 | |
| #14 New Hampshire | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 61 | 47 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 122 | 86 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 66 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 124 | 104 | |
| Boston University | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 66 | 77 | 37 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 109 | 118 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 58 | 73 | 36 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 102 | 122 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 60 | 86 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 92 | 121 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 53 | 81 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 78 | 123 | |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
| Quarterfinals[2] March 8–11 |
Semifinals[3] March 16 |
Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | Boston College | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Merrimack | 0 | 1 | — | 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 2 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Northeastern | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | Boston College | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Providence | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Providence | 6 | 1 | 4** | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Maine | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Providence | 4 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack[]
| March 9[4] | Boston College | 1 – 0 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kobasew, Orpik) Tony Voce - GW - 01:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tom Welby ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[5] | Boston College | 5 – 1 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Dolinar, Forrest) Mike Lephart - SH - 05:48 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:46 - Nick Parillo (Johnson, Aquino) | ||||||
| Tony Voce - GW - 06:11 (Eaves, Giuliano) Brian Gionta - 07:48 Brian Gionta - 13:44 (Hennes, Peterson) A.J. Walker - 19:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Exter ( 43 saves / 48 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(2) Maine vs. (7) Northeastern[]
| March 8[6] | Maine | 2 – 1 | Northeastern | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Heisten, Richardson) Matthias Trattnig - PP - 19:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - GW - 13:26 | Third period | 04:30 - Joe Mastronardi (Ortlip) | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Gilhooly ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[7] | Maine | 6 – 3 | Northeastern | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Richardson, Heisten) Niko Dimitrakos - 01:56 (Kariya, Janik) Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 19:53 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Schutte, Kariya) Matthias Trattnig - 09:37 (Richardson, Dimitrakos) Chris Heisten - GW - 15:05 |
Second period | 14:39 - John Peterman (Fahey, Mastronardi) 16:05 - Eric Ortlip (Jozefowicz) | ||||||
| (Heisten, Janik) Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 09:37 (Trattnig) Martin Kariya - EN - 19:43 |
Third period | 19:01 - EA - Mike Jozefowicz (Fahey, Mischler) | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Gilhooly ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(3) Providence vs. (6) Boston University[]
| March 9[8] | Providence | 6 – 3 | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | |||
| (Wright, Omicioli) Jon DiSalvatore - 07:40 (Kelly, Leach) Devin Rask - PP - 09:03 (Platt, Sunderman) Stephen Wood - 09:35 |
First period | 10:49 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Bussoli, Dyment) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Weiman, Sunderman) J.J. Picinic - GW - 07:05 (Lee, Sunderman) J.J. Picinic - 10:52 (Fregoe, Leach) Devin Rask - 15:48 |
Third period | 13:31 - Mike Pandolfo (Meyer) 16:19 - Dan Cavanaugh (Cronin, Mullen) | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jason Tapp ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Sean Fields ( 13 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[9] | Providence | 1 – 2 | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | |||
| (Platt, DiSalvatore) John Luszcz - 01:42 | First period | 05:50 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Sabo, Dyment) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:56 - GW - Freddy Meyer (Johnson, Priem) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Boyd Ballard ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 37 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[10] | Providence | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | ||
| (Zingoni, Weiman) Cole Gendreau - 02:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rask, Kelly) Cody Loughlean - SH - 10:12 (Kelly, Fregoe) Jay Leach - PP - 18:09 |
Second period | 03:20 - SH - Mike Pandolfo (Corazzini) 11:26 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Cronin, Meyer) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:30 - SH - Mark Mullen | ||||||
| (Kelly, Libby) Marc Sunderman - GW - 16:26 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 48 saves / 52 shots ) | ||||||
| Providence won series 2–1 | |
(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell[]
| March 8[11] | New Hampshire | 4 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Hemingway, Gare) Mark White - PP - 16:09 | First period | 01:57 - Peter Hay (McGrane, Hainsey) | ||||||
| (Truelson, Austin) Darren Haydar - 14:19 | Second period | 01:57 - Geoff Schomogyi | ||||||
| (Haydar) Matt Swain - GW - 08:26 (Banga, Abbott) Nathan Martz - 12:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jimi St. John ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[12] | New Hampshire | 1 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ficek) Johnny Rogers - 02:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:08 - PP - Ed McGrane (Rouleau, Meunier) 18:33 - GW - Peter Hay (Rooney) | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jimi St. John ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[13] | New Hampshire | 1 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Martz, Mounsey) Matt Swain - 15:55 | First period | 16:17 - Jeff Boulanger (Carso, Slonina) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:25 - GW - Jeff Boulanger (Slonina, Carso) | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jimi St. John ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Boston College vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell[]
| March 16[14] | Boston College | 5 – 1 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| Chuck Kobasew - 13:18 | First period | 11:32 - Tom Rouleau (Meunier, Hainsey) | ||||||
| (Scuderi, Orpik) Chuck Kobasew - GW PP - 13:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Forrest, Allen) Ben Eaves - 00:29 (Kolanos, Lephart) Chuck Kobasew - PP - 03:17 (Eaves, Allen) Brian Gionta - PP - 05:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jimi St. John ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Maine vs. (3) Providence[]
| March 16[15] | Maine | 3 – 4 | Providence | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Wright) Jon DiSalvatore - 08:16 | First period | 05:24 - Tom Reimann (Lawson, Kerluke) 18:57 - Tom Reimann (Janik, Lawson) | ||||||
| (Kelly) Peter Fregoe - PP - 08:23 (Loughlean, Fregoe) Devin Rask - 18:46 |
Second period | 09:33 - Robert Liscak (Jackson, Lawson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:33 - GW - Stephen Wood (Libby) | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(1) Boston College vs. (3) Providence[]
| March 17[16] | Boston College | 5 – 3 | Providence | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Dolinar, Scuderi) Mike Lephart - SH - 14:34 Tony Voce - 16:22 (Lephart, Orpik) Krys Kolanos - 19:21 |
First period | 02:29 - Drew Omicioli (Zingoni) | ||||||
| (Forrest, Kolanos) Tony Voce - GW PP - 06:23 | Second period | 06:51 - Michael Lucci (Omicioli) 13:08 - Adam Lee (Picinic, Sunderman) | ||||||
| (Eaves, Giuliano) Brian Gionta - 11:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer ( 42 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[17][]
- F Chuck Kobasew* (Boston College)
- F Mike Pandolfo (Boston University)
- F Tony Voce (Boston College)
- D Bobby Allen (Boston College)
- D Regan Kelly (Providence)
- G Scott Clemmensen (Boston College)
References[]
- ↑ "Boston College Men's Team History". Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2000-01 Week 24", USCHO.com, 2001-03-11. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2000-01 Week 25", USCHO.com, 2001-03-17. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Boston College 1, Merrimack 0", USCHO.com, 2001-03-09. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Boston College 5, Merrimack 1", USCHO.com, 2001-03-10. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Maine 2, Northeastern 1", USCHO.com, 2001-03-08. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Maine 6, Northeastern 3", USCHO.com, 2001-03-09. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Providence 6, Boston University 3", USCHO.com, 2001-03-09. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Boston University 2, Providence 1", USCHO.com, 2001-03-10. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Providence 4, Boston University 3", USCHO.com, 2001-03-11. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 2", USCHO.com, 2001-03-08. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Massachusetts-Lowell 2, New Hampshire 1", USCHO.com, 2001-03-09. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Massachusetts-Lowell 2, New Hampshire 1", USCHO.com, 2001-03-10. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Boston College 5, Massachusetts-Lowell 1", USCHO.com, 2001-03-16. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Providence 4, Maine 3", USCHO.com, 2001-03-16. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "Boston College 5, Providence 3", USCHO.com, 2001-03-17. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide", Hockey East. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
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